{"id":29859,"date":"2025-02-04T07:41:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T02:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29859"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:56:37","slug":"extra-long-staple-cotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/extra-long-staple-cotton\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra Long Staple Cotton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Extra Long Staple Cotton Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, the union finance minister announced a five-year mission to \u201cfacilitate significant improvements in productivity and sustainability of cotton farming, and promote extra-long staple (ELS) cotton varieties\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>About Extra Long Staple Cotton<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is commonly hailed as <strong>the gold standard<\/strong> in textile manufacturing, holds a coveted position in the world of <strong>high-quality fabrics<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Most ELS cotton comes from the <strong>species Gossypium barbadense,<\/strong> commonly known as <strong>Egyptian or Pima cotton.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>ELS varieties boast fibre lengths of <strong>30 mm and above.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin and distribution of Extra Long Staple Cotton:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It originated in South America and today it is mainly grown <strong>in China, Egypt, Australia, and Peru.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In India, some ELS cotton is grown along rain fed parts of Atpadi taluka in <strong>Maharashtra<\/strong>\u2019s Sangli district, and around Coimbatore in <strong>Tamil Nadu.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>warm temperatures<\/strong> and rich soil contribute to the growth of cotton fibres that are not only long but also uniform, resulting in stronger and finer yarns.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>does not<\/strong> require <strong>intense finishing processes<\/strong>, which helps preserve these innate qualities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Issues of Extra Long Staple Cotton in India<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yield:<\/strong> It gives <strong>lower than average<\/strong> per acre yields, experts say. While the medium staple variety yields between 10 and 12 quintals per acre, ELS cotton has a yield of only 7-8 quintals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marketing issue:<\/strong> Farmers growing ELS cotton are often <strong>unable to market<\/strong> their premium produce at premium prices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Extra Long Staple Cotton FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong> What are the long staple cotton varieties?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Giza 70 and Giza 88 are the major ELS varieties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2: <\/strong>Where is extra long staple cotton grown?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> It is grown in the U.S., Australia, Peru and a few other locations around the world\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>3:What are the disadvantages of long staple cotton?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Compared to other cotton varieties, long staple cotton is costly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/what-is-els-cotton-why-doesnt-india-grow-more-of-this-premium-variety-9816056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extra Long Staple Cotton is commonly hailed as the gold standard in textile manufacturing, holds a coveted position in the world of high-quality fabrics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}